{"id":9760,"date":"2025-10-02T08:46:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T08:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=9760"},"modified":"2025-10-02T08:46:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T08:46:27","slug":"warriors-squad-named-for-world-cup-qualifiers-against-south-africa-and-lesotho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=9760","title":{"rendered":"Warriors Squad Named for World Cup Qualifiers Against South Africa and Lesotho"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sithembinkosi L. Jiyane<br>Sports Reporter<br>www.zimgbcnews.co.zw<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200eThe Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has unveiled the Warriors squad for the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, where the national team will face South Africa and Lesotho.<br>\u200e<br>\u200eWarriors Head Coach Michael Nees has assembled a balanced squad, blending experience and youth across all departments.<br>\u200e<br>\u200eGoalkeepers include Washington Arubi (Marumo Gallants), Elvis Chipezeze (Magezi), and Martin Mapisa (MWOS FC).<br>\u200e<br>\u200eThe defensive line features<br>\u200eGerald Takwara (Al Ittihad Misurata SC, Libya), Munashe Garananga (FC Copenhagen), Godknows Murwira (Scotland FC), Emmanuel Jalai (Dynamos FC), Teenage Hadebe (FC Cincinnati), Jordan Zemura (Udinese Calcio), Divine Lunga (Mamelodi Sundowns), and Brandon Galloway (Plymouth Argyle).<br>\u200e<br>\u200eIn midfield, Marvellous Nakamba (Luton Town), Marshall Munetsi (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Jonah Fabisch (FC Erzgebirg Aue), Knowledge Musona (Scotland FC), and Tawanda Chirewa (Wolverhampton Wanderers) will anchor the team.<br>\u200e<br>\u200eThe striking department sees Terrence Dzvukamanja (Scotland FC), Khama Billiat (Scotland FC), Bill Antonio (KV Mechelen), Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell FC), Walter Musona (Scotland FC), Prince Dube (Young Africans SC), and Thando Ngwenya (Amazulu) leading the attack.<br>\u200e<br>\u200eThe Warriors will be aiming to make a strong statement in the qualifiers, with the ultimate goal of securing a spot at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<br>\u200e<br>\u200eZIFA is confident the selected squad will deliver a strong performance in the upcoming qualifiers, aiming to secure Zimbabwe\u2019s place at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow Zim GBC News for Updates<br>\u200e\ud83d\udcf1 WhatsApp\/Hotline: +263 773 820 323<br>\u200e\ud83c\udf10 Website: www.zimgbcnews.co.zw<br>\u200e\ud83d\udcd8 Facebook: Zim GBC News<br>\u200e\ud83d\udc26 X (Twitter): @ZimGBCNews<br>\u200e\ud83d\udcf8 Instagram: @ZimGBCNews<br>\u200e\u25b6\ufe0f YouTube: Zim GBC News<br>\u200e<br>\u200e<strong>ZimGBCNews<\/strong> | Global News On An African Perspective\u00a9\ufe0f2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sithembinkosi L. JiyaneSports Reporterwww.zimgbcnews.co.zw \u200eThe Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has unveiled the Warriors squad for the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, where the national team will face South Africa&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9762,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9760\/revisions\/9762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}